Wendy Perry

In the summer of 1993, my life was perfect.  I had a perfect marriage.  We had a perfect little girl.  We had another baby on the way.  We had to try a little bit for the 2nd baby which made it all the more spe […]

It has been my experience that life is all about change.  Sometimes change comes gradually, a slow awakening to the realization that transformation has occurred. Say, for instance, finding those first few strands […]

We have all heard the adage ‘The only constant is change’. Yes…how true this is. Change and progress are inevitable. They are vital. They are necessary. Many individuals and organizations with whom I work resis […]

1. Be Certain You Want to Get Divorced
This sounds like a no brainer but filing for divorce is the number one reason people get divorced! It’s true, no one gets divorced unless they have filed. It’s like my gra […]

We often assume that we can plan change, control it and manage it with enough discipline and structure.  That may work when the change is expected or known—and you are moving from one stage to another, in a se […]

After Plaid published my last blog, Happiness: What Positive Psychology Tell Us, I received a wonderful email from Rona Cantu detailing the ways she took herself through a courageous process of bringing herself […]

Life is built on change and includes many stories as we ascend to the top floor.  Our choices define us.

I like to think of myself with a head full of silver hair enjoying the view as I look out the window.  F […]

You’ve probably seen the bestselling books on how to eat clean. Living clean and eating clean have many “definitions”. The term “living clean” often refers to living drug-free. “Eating Clean” has been a popula […]

I was thinking about some of the things that have happened in my life, both the amazing and the not so fun times.  I started daydreaming about the woulda, coulda, shoulda ways the outcome might have been […]

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of being cold.  I’m sitting here in my office with a space heater, a heated throw blanket on my legs, and a regular throw blanket around my shoulders.  I get cold, and I stay […]

It’s only the second month of 2018 and most of us are still probably getting into our groove after the start of a new year. I’m sure I am not alone in trying to stick with New Year’s resolutions, by regul […]

One of the most exciting and sometimes scary experiences we can go through is having our lives touched by change. Sometimes changes are small, like wanting to break a daily habit, or a large change, such as moving […]

Whenever I think of February, I always think of chocolates, romantic love, stuffed animals (as gifts), and Valentine’s candy hearts. In fact, during our dating years, that holiday included all of t […]

I know that change is constant in our lives.  There is not a day that goes by that some form change happens to me, my loved ones or friends.   Do we get overloaded by the amount of changes in our lives?   I thin […]

As we start the New Year, one of the areas that parents will review, is how to send their children to college without going broke or working until age 75! We have seen ever escalating college tuition that far […]

Change. We do it every day on a small scale. Change our clothes. Change our mind. Change the television or radio station.

Simple.

What becomes more complicated is when we change cars, furniture, schools, […]